Rail monitoring systems for operations and security

OptaSense enables timely decision making to keep these assets safe and operating cost effectively. Real-time acoustic sensing can actually help prevent incidents before they occur, and, through using pre-laid fibre, does so at considerably reduced cost.

By using a client’s existing fibre core, OptaSense removes the need to add extra track-side infrastructure such as power, copper cables and resource attendance. The system does not use trackside equipment and power, which means that there is even less need for maintenance. A rail network that uses two OptaSense interrogator system units can monitor and protect 100km of rail network. Furthermore, individual sites and systems can be easily included in the network.

Systems to remotely monitor and protect transport networks

The OptaSense system produces real-time alerts, which work with trend-linking analysis to provide access to precursor activity to actual incidents. This means that it can be used to protect against future problems. Clients can interact with the system from their own control hub, or even from web-connected devices anywhere in the world. Training requirements for the operations, technical and maintenance sides are also cut down thanks to this multifunctional single sensing system.